A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 13:23:24 / January 10, 2020 @ 1:23 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr202001007. Id of event: pr202001007. Exact location of event, longitude -66.806 West, latitude 17.9505 North, depth = 14 km. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:23:24 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Campanilla, Toa Baja (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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